Mohbad: US Laboratory Refuses to Perform Toxicity Test

Contrary to what the Lagos State government alleged, officials at the US National Medical Service Laboratories (NMS) in Pennsylvania have denied doing toxicity tests on the late Nigerian musician Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba, also known as Mohbad.
The pathologist's assertion on May 15 that an autopsy on Mohbad's decomposing corpse was unable to determine the cause of his death prompted this disclosure from NMS.


TIMBLOGGIST remembers that the African Foundation for Justice and African Television offered a N50 million reward to anyone with information about the murderers of 27-year-old Mohbad, who passed away inexplicably and sparked protests and controversy across the country.

Esther Dede, a Client Services Associate at NMS's Forensic Divisions, said that the deceased singer's toxicity test was not carried out anyplace on the lab's grounds.

Dede stated, "Unfortunately, we do not have a case for that patient."

However, Dede stated, "We would need authorization from the submitting agency to maintain our compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations."

When contacted on Wednesday, Gbenga Omotoso, the Lagos state commissioner for information, insisted that NMS Lab was the name of the laboratory that the state's DNA and Forensic Centre had submitted for Mohbad's autopsy.

The personnel from Lagos State DNA and Forensic Center who collected the sample there informed me of this. We are interacting with representatives of the Center; they are affiliated with three other labs. They can visit any one of the three labs in case of an emergency. I When asked which specific one they visited, they said it was that one. Since that's what I was informed, I'll have to go check again," he remarked.

According to TIMBLOGGIST, Wahab Shittu, Mohbad's attorney, promised that the singer's autopsy results, as revealed by the pathologist, would not be the last.

"One of the main reasons the cause of death was unclear, according to the pathologist, was the body's disintegration. It is suspicious when you say that the cause of death cannot be determined. It's unclear.

You cannot claim that this is the report's conclusion until those questions are addressed. Shittu said, "I ask everyone to have an open mind till we consider every option.